Tag Archive for: brain health
Reaction Time as a Measure of Brain Health • MindCrowd Study Findings
How Fast Your Brain Reacts Could Reveal How Healthy It Is.
Reaction time can help measure brain health. Why? Because reaction time depends on central nervous system processing speed. Thus, visual reaction time is a critical factor in higher…
Memory Problems: Forgetfulness, Stress or Alzheimer’s Dementia?
What causes memory problems as we age? Are we experiencing mild cognitive impairment? Or is it the early stages of Alzheimer's?
As we age, we face what we perceive as memory problems.
We have memory lapses, we may have a hard time remembering…
Reducing Dementia Risk: 3 New Modifiable Factors Identified
The Lancet Commission identified 3 new modifiable risk factors for dementia. Find out how to use these findings to keep your brain healthy as you age.
10 Facts to Explain What is Normal Brain Aging
There comes a time in life when we may ask ourselves what is normal brain aging. Memory expert Lee Ryan, Ph.D. answers our questions.
What is Mild Cognitive Impairment?
Memory, forgetfulness and aging. What is mild cognitive impairment and how is it different from normal aging or dementia? Can it be reversed and the 30 question cognitive test. Matt Huentelman, Ph.D., explains.
Mild cognitive impairment…
The Power of Music in Dementia Care: Music and Brain Health
Music has the power to transcend time and space and it allows us to connect to our past. - Jing Xia
As ethnomusicologist Jennie Gubner, Ph.D. explained in a talk about the power of music in dementia, anyone can benefit from thinking about…